Gauntlet for the Right Hand

Unknown

ca. 1550–60 · Steel, gold · Arms and Armor

This gauntlet is finely decorated with trophies or panoplies of arms, consisting of armor parts, weapons, musical instruments, and ribbons arranged in bands and set on a dotted ground. These motifs exist in many variations and are found regularly on Italian decorative art objects throughout much of the sixteenth century.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1550–60

Medium

Steel, gold

Culture

Italian, Milan

Department

Arms and Armor

Credit line

Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, 1929